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The Energy of Healing: Thought Forms

by Janine Donnellan

Over the past twelve months I have been troubled with an ear problem. This problem seems to arise when I am stressed. I realised that this was a stress problem when last year I took myself off to the doctor and he advise he could not see any physical problem with my ear. I of course sought out a second opinion and the doctor immediately diagnosed that the problem stemmed from the muscles in my shoulder and neck contracting due to level of stress I was experiencing. This contraction of the muscles caused pressure on my ear drum and consequently created a problem with my hearing. I then applied the Louise Hay principle which required me to analyse why I was experiencing this problem. What didn't I want to hear? Well my ear problem has recently returned so I guess I haven't dealt with the problem as yet, but I am working on it.

Some people may not be aware of Louise Hay; Louise has been writing self healing books for a number of years and has put forward the concept that every illness is a manifestation of unresolved emotional thoughts and experiences. In fact, she stated that, "for every effect in our lives, there is a thought pattern that precedes and maintains it. The way we think creates our experiences and by making changes to our thinking patterns, we can change our experiences." Our unchecked emotions are often responsible for dis-ease that we create in our bodies: Emotions such as Criticism, Anger, Guilt and Resentment.

We bury these unresolved emotions and ideas, and over time these emotions change the way the body functions behave. These unresolved emotions cause blockages and a buildup of toxins in certain areas of our body. Each area corresponds to particular types of emotions because we correlate physical responses to certain ideas with each body area. The longer emotions remain unresolved in our bodies, the more severe the dis-ease becomes. Every negative emotion that is stored in our bodies makes us more susceptible to infection, imbalance, disease and eventually death.

In order for the body to fully discharge the pent-up energy from these blocked areas, we must both physically release the tissue of the area and also acknowledge and work through the attached emotional issues. I guess you are probably saying at this point 'easier said than done' and you are right. It takes a lot of deep inner searching and releasing to get to the root cause of a problem. Often the inner searching resurfaces past traumas but it also allows us to confront our own fears and if we can then release these emotional blockages we can eventually heal our bodies, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

Louise Hay has published in her book Heal Your Body, a listing of dis-ease conditions of the body and the probable emotional causes that she felt would lead to eventual physical dysfunction. Here are a few samples from her list that may help you identify key areas of emotional buildup that may be manifesting in your body:

Back Issues: Represents the
support of life. Back Problems: - Rounded shoulders: Carrying the burdens of
life. Helpless and hopeless. - Lower Back Pain: Fear of money or lack of
financial support. - Mid-Back Pain: Guilt. Stuck in all that stuff back there.
"Get off my back!" - Upper Back Pain: Lack of emotional support. Feeling
unloved. Holding back love. - Back Curvature: The inability to flow with the
support of life. Fear and trying to hold on to old ideas. Not trusting life.
Lack of integrity. No courage of convictions.

Bad Breath: Anger and revenge
thoughts. Experiences backing up.

Balance, Loss of: Scattered
thinking. Not centered.

Baldness: Fear. Tension.
Trying to control everything.

Bedwetting: Fear of parent,
usually the father.

Belching: Fear. Gulping life
too quickly.

Bell's Palsy: Extreme control
over anger. Unwillingness to express feelings.

Bladder Problems: Anxiety.
Holding on to old ideas. Fear of letting go. Being "pissed off".

Breath: Represents the
ability to take in life. - Breathing Problems: Fear. Not trusting the process of
life. Getting stuck in childhood. Fear of taking in life fully. - Bronchitis:
Inflamed family environment. Arguments and yelling.

Bruises: The little bumps in
life. Self-punishment.

Bulimia: Hopeless terror. A
frantic stuffing and purging of self-hatred.

Fat or Weight issues:
Oversensitivity. Often represents fear and shows a need for protection. Fear may
be a cover for hidden anger and a resistance to forgive. Running away from
feelings. Insecurity, self-rejection and seeking fulfillment. - Arms: Anger at
being denied love. - Belly: Anger at being denied nourishment. - Hips: Lumps of
stubborn anger at the parents. - Thighs: Packed childhood anger. Often rage at
the father.

Fatigue: Resistance, boredom.
Lack of love for what one does.

Feet: Represent our
understanding - of ourselves, of life, of others. - Foot Problems: Fear of the
future and of not stepping forward in life.

Fever: Anger. Burning up.

Fibroid Tumors: Nursing a
hurt from a partner. A blow to the feminine ego.

Hands: Hold and handle.
Clutch and grip. Grasping and letting go. Caressing. Pinching. All ways of
dealing with experiences.

Hay Fever: Emotional
congestion. Fear of the calendar. A belief in persecution. Guilt.

Headaches: Invalidating the
self. Self-criticism. Fear.

Heart: Represents the center
of love and security. - Heart Attack: Squeezing all the joy out of the heart in
favor of money or position. Feeling alone and scared. "I'm not good enough. I
don't do enough. I'll never make it." - Heart Problems: Longstanding emotional
problems. Lack of joy. Hardening of the heart. Belief in strain and stress.

Herpes Genitalis: Mass belief
in sexual guilt and the need for punishment. Public shame. Belief in a punishing
God. Rejection of the genitals.

Herpes Simplex: Bitter words
left unspoken.

Hip: Carries the body in
perfect balance. Major thrust in moving forward. Fear of going forward in major
decisions. Nothing to move forward to.

Hives: Small, hidden fears.
Mountains out of molehills.

Hodgkin's Disease: Blame and
a tremendous fear of not being good enough. A frantic race to prove one's self
until the blood has no substance left to support itself. The joy of life is
forgotten in the race of acceptance.